Maxey-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Fifteenth Edition

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Maxey-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Fifteenth Edition

Maxey-Rosenau-Last Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Fifteenth Edition

Authors: Robert Wallace

Published: September 2007

eISBN: 9780071593182 0071593187 | ISBN: 9780071441988

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Acknowledgments

Historical Note

Section I: Public Health Principles and Methods

1 Public Health and Preventive Medicine: Trends and Guideposts

2 Epidemiology and Public Health

3 Ethics and Public Health Policy

4 Public Health and Population

5 Public Health Informatics

6 Health Disparities and Community-Based Participatory Research: Issues and Illustrations

7 Genetic Determinants of Disease and Genetics in Public Health

Section II: Communicable Diseases

8 Control of Communicable Diseases

A. Overview of Communicable Diseases

B. Emerging Microbial Threats to Health and Security

C. Health Advice for International Travel

9 Diseases Controlled Primarily by Vaccination

A. Measles

B. Mumps

C. Rubella

D. Pertussis

E. Tetanus

F. Diphtheria

G. Influenza

H. Haemophilus Influenzae Infections

I. Varicella and Herpes Zoster

J. Poliomyelitis

K. Pneumococcal Infections

10 Epidemiology and Trends in Sexually Transmitted Diseases

11 The Epidemiology and Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

12 Infections Spread by Close Personal Contact

A. Acute Respiratory Infections

B. Viral Hepatitis

C. Aseptic Meningitis

D. Epstein-Barr Virus and Infectious

E. Herpes Simplex Virus

F. Cytomegalovirus Infections

G. Group A Streptococcal Diseases

H. Meningococcal Disease

I. Tuberculosis

J. Leprosy

K. Acute Gastrointestinal Infections

13 Diseases Spread by Food and Water

A. Typhoid Fever

B. Shigellosis

C. Cholera

D. Escherichia Coli Diarrhea

E. Yersiniosis

F. Legionellosis

G. Amebiasis and Amebic Meningoenchephalitis

H. Giardiasis

I. Dracunculiasis

J. Human Enteric Coccidial Infections

14 Control of Infections in Institutions: Healthcare-Associated Infections

15 Viral Diseases Transmitted Primarily by Arthropod Vectors

A. Viral Infections

B. Epidemiology of Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

C. Rickettsial Infections

D. Q Fever

E. Plague

F. Malaria

G. Lyme Disease

H. Trypanosomiasis

I. Leishmaniasis

J. Lymphatic Filariasis

16 Diseases Transmitted Primarily from Animals to Humans (Zoonoses)

A. Viral Zoonoses—Rabies

B. Bacteria

C. Toxoplasmosis

D. Trichinellosis

E. Clonorchiasis and Opisthorchiasis

F. Cestode Infections

17 Opportunistic Fungal Infections

18 Other Infection-Related Diseases of Public Health Import

A. Dermatophytes

B. Hookworm Disease: Ancylostomiasis, Necatoriasis, Uncinariasis

C. Other Intestinal Nematodes

D. Schistosomiasis

E. Toxic Shock Syndrome (Staphylococcal)

F. Reye's Syndrome

Section III: Environmental Health

19 The Status of Environmental Health

20 Toxicology

A. Principles of Toxicology

B. Neurobehavioral Toxicity

21 Environmental and Ecological Risk Assessment

22 Biomarkers

23 Asbestos and Other Fibers

24 Coal Workers’ Lung Diseases

25 Silicosis

26 Health Significance of Metal Exposures

27 Diseases Associated with Exposure to Chemical Substances: Organic Compounds

28 Polychlorinated Biphenyls

29 Polychlorinated Dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans

30 Brominated Flame Retardants

31 Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

32 Pulmonary Responses to Gases and Particles

33 Pesticides

34 Temperature and Health

35 Ionizing Radiation

36 Nonionizing Radiation

37 Effects of the Physical Environment: Noise as a Health Hazard

38 Ergonomics and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders

39 Industrial Hygiene

40 Surveillance and Health Screening in Occupational Health

41 Workers with Disabilities

42 Environmental Justice: From Global to Local

43 The Health of Hired Farmworkers

44 Women Workers

45 Health Hazards of Child Labor

46 Occupational Safety and Health Standards

47 Ensuring Food Safety

48 Water Quality Management and Water-Borne Disease Trends

49 Hazardous Waste: Assessing, Detecting, and Remediation

50 Aerospace Medicine

51 Housing and Health

52 Human Health in a Changing World

Section IV: Behavioral Factors Affecting Health

53 Health Behavior Research and Intervention

54 Tobacco: Health Effects and Control

55 Alcohol-Related Health Problems

56 Prevention of Drug Use and Drug Use Disorders

57 Community Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

58 Risk Communication—An Overlooked Tool for Improving Public Health

59 Health Literacy

Section V: Noncommunicable and Chronic Disabling Conditions

60 Screening for Early and Asymptomatic Conditions

61 Cancer

62 Heart Disease

63 Renal and Urinary Tract Disease

64 Diabetes

65 Respiratory Disease Prevention

66 Musculoskeletal Disorders

67 Neurological Disorders

68 Disabling Visual Disorders

69 Psychiatric Disorders

70 Childhood Cognitive Disability

71 Prevention of Disability in Older Persons

72 Nutrition in Public Health and Preventive Medicine

73 Postmarketing Medication Safety Surveillance: A Current Public Health Issue

Section VI: Health-Care Planning, Organization, and Evaluation

74 The American Health-Care System: Structure and Function

75 Structure and Function of the Public Health System in the United States

76 International and Global Health

77 Public Health Law

78 Public Health Management Tools

A. Planning for Health Improvement: Models for Communities and Institutions

B. Public Health Leadership Development

C. Policy Development

D. Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement

E. Public Health Management Tools Evaluation

79 Categorical Public Health Sciences

A. Disaster Preparedness and Response

B. Maternal and Child Health

C. Preventive Medicine Support of Military Operations

D. Public Health Workforce

E. Family Planning

Section VII: Injury and Violence

80 Injury Control: The Public Health Approach

81 Violence in the Family as a Public Health Concern

Index